Salem (IN) Democrat, May 4, 1881, from the earliest bound volume of transcribed obits available at the John Hay Center, Salem, Indiana. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the transcription as noted by the ellipsis. There was additional information below the obit and it appears to have been provided by the transcriber rather than a part of the obit. The information pertains to the marriages of eight of the Tash children: Rachel married Christian Souder; Martha married Isaac Hinkle; Lydia married Henry Davis, Jr.; Sarah married Joel Coombs; Louisa married John Elrod; Nancy married William Packwood; Henry married Anna Collins Collins; and David married Catharine Souder. I There died on the 13th of April 1881, one of the old pioneers of Washington County. Jacob Tash was an old man and had a large number of descendants. He was born February 15, 1790, in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married in that state to Mary Stanley and two children were born to them there. In 1816 he left the old North State and started over the mountains for Indiana. He settled on the middle fork of Blue River near Pekin, Washington County, in 1816, where he resided until 1874 when he went to reside with his son, David Tash, in Scott County. Mary Tash, his wife, died in 1834. The children by the marriage were ten in number, seven of whom still survive. Two boys died young, and one daughter died recently in Missouri. Jacob Tash married a second time to Martha Roe by whom he had no children. She died May 26, 1880. Jacob Tash had numerous descendants when he died. There were living as the offspring of his body seven children, 54 grandchildren, 1,006 (sic) great grand children and fourteen great great grandchildren, making 1,081 descendants. Jacob Tash was a member of the regular Baptist Church for about 50 years. He was an honest, industrious, economical man and had a peaceful and quiet life, and died respected by all who knew him. In politics he was a Democrat of the strictest sort. He voted for every Democratic candidate for president from James Monroe down to and including Gen. Hancock.

The number of descendants is amazing! I figure each of his grandchildren had to have 18-19 children each to come up with 1006 great grandchildren. WOW! Mary Eve 1735 Gardner Lane [Shipping] PO Box 100 [Mail] Corydon, Indiana 47112 Direct: 812-738-5354 Fax: 888-521-1266 -----Original Message----- From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Randi Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:33 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Washington County: Jacob Tash Died Salem (IN) Democrat, May 4, 1881, from the earliest bound volume of transcribed obits available at the John Hay Center, Salem, Indiana. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the transcription as noted by the ellipsis. There was additional information below the obit and it appears to have been provided by the transcriber rather than a part of the obit. The information pertains to the marriages of eight of the Tash children: Rachel married Christian Souder; Martha married Isaac Hinkle; Lydia married Henry Davis, Jr.; Sarah married Joel Coombs; Louisa married John Elrod; Nancy married William Packwood; Henry married Anna Collins Collins; and David married Catharine Souder. I There died on the 13th of April 1881, one of the old pioneers of Washington County. Jacob Tash was an old man and had a large number of descendants. He was born February 15, 1790, in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married in that state to Mary Stanley and two children were born to them there. In 1816 he left the old North State and started over the mountains for Indiana. He settled on the middle fork of Blue River near Pekin, Washington County, in 1816, where he resided until 1874 when he went to reside with his son, David Tash, in Scott County. Mary Tash, his wife, died in 1834. The children by the marriage were ten in number, seven of whom still survive. Two boys died young, and one daughter died recently in Missouri. Jacob Tash married a second time to Martha Roe by whom he had no children. She died May 26, 1880. Jacob Tash had numerous descendants when he died. There were living as the offspring of his body seven children, 54 grandchildren, 1,006 (sic) great grand children and fourteen great great grandchildren, making 1,081 descendants. Jacob Tash was a member of the regular Baptist Church for about 50 years. He was an honest, industrious, economical man and had a peaceful and quiet life, and died respected by all who knew him. In politics he was a Democrat of the strictest sort. He voted for every Democratic candidate for president from James Monroe down to and including Gen. Hancock. The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message